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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28. I916. RENEWED AUG. 29, I918.

Patnted Dec. 3, 1918.

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Specification of Letters 1 i 3,1918.

fli n au n filed June 28,1916, Serial rd. 106,254.. Ren we has 29, 191a serial No. 251,955.

T 0 all whom it may concern: i i H U 1 Be it known that I,WA TER H.ALBERT, a.

citizenof the United States,andaresidentw of North Caldwell, in the county of Essex" and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Package,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. i l i l l A The objectof the invention is to provide a new and improvedpackageicombining an envelop, a ticket nd one ormore cash vouchers contained in the envelop, the said package, being more especially designed for use by street and subway railroad companles and a other transportation companiesor bythea ters or other establishments issuing tickets,

and arranged to enable the patrons orcustomers of said concerns to obtain a predetermined discount on each ticket bought, to enable an advertiserto reach a large number of persons at a comparatively small cost, and to make it remunerative to the issuing concern.

In order to accomplish the desired result use is made'of anienvelop provided with a detachable ticket and containing one or a.

pluralit of cash value vouchers, the cash value of which is a predetermlned of the price of the ticket.

A practical embodlment of theinvention is represented in the accompanying draw ings forming a part of this specificatiomin which similar characters of reference indi cate corresponding parts in all the views. Figure 1 is a plan view of the package; Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the same with part broken out to disclose the cash value voucher;

Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the same; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the cash value voucher.

The package in its general construction, consists of an envelop 10 having a closing flap in the formof a ticket 11 and within the envelop is placed a cash value voucher 12 or a plurality thereof, as hereinafter more fully explained. The envelop 10 has its front and back each provided with, at least, one advertisement 13, but-the space of the front and back of the envelop is preferably divided fraction I The 11: an integral part of thefront of the envelop10 andarow of perforations 1aisqintermediatetheticket and theenvelop l front to permit of conveniently: tearing the ticket olfthelenvelop at the time the ticket is to betaken up by a gatekeeper, conductor or other person employed for the purpose.

Theticket 11 isprovidedwith the price and other legends customarylon tickets used in a connection vith theaters or railways, fer-w 1 nos and the like. If the price of the ticket is centsvthen asingle cash valuevoucher 12 1s contalned in the envelop 12, and 1f the price of theticket is, say, 25cents then five such cash value vouchers 12 arecontained in the envelop. Each cash value voucher comprises a carrier, preferablyin the form of a" sheet ofpape1, and havingproducedthere on, by printing, engraving or other similar processes, a cash value voucher, preferably arranged n two POItlOHS 20 and 21 ClI'SPOSBCl at opposite endsof the carrier and with the portions spacedapart to leave a space which is divided into individual fields 22 each con- 1 talnlng an advertisement, but the entire he used for a single advertisespace sol ment, if desired. The voucher portions 20 and 21 contain a cash value statement in the per1,000 together with the statement that money is held by a trust company to secure the payment of the cash stated. The cash value voucher further contains a time limit and; the name of the operating concern together with the signature of the treasurer of the sald concern. It also contains the [number of the series and the register numis also arranged on the cash value voucher. The voucher further contains the number of theseries and the number of the voucher of the advertising medium of the series.

words25cents cashper 100 or $2.50 cash l The voucher may be embellished by seals,

trade-marks and safeguarded from counterfeiting by watermarks and the like.

It will be noticed that the cashvalue of a voucher is affraction (5% on a five-cent in the envelop by the issuing concern. For

tickets of other prices a corresponding number of vouchers are placed in the envelop, that is, one for each five cents ofthe price of the ticket.

It will further be noticed that both the envelop 10 and the cash value voucher 12 are provided with advertisements and in order that the package produces the desired result, the following plan briefly stat-ed is folloWed: The operating party contracts With one or more advertisers to place their advertisements on a stated number of the en velops and vouchers'at a stipulated price, payable, preferably, to a trust company. which holds the money in charge tovsecure the payments of the cash value vouchers. The operating company next, by itself or through an authorized certification agent. issues the advertising medium in series. The: packages of a series are then delivered by the agent to the railroad, theater or other concern free of charge and this concern sells the packages to the customers at the price. indicated on the ticket.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a customer only pays the regular price of the ticket and obtains a cash value discount on redeeming the voucher or vouchers contained in the envelop, and hence it is to the interestof the customer to obtain the vouchers and eventually present the same to the operating company in lots, say, of 100 or 1,000 .for redemption of their full face value, that is 25 for 100 and $2.50 for 1,000.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

14A package, comprisingan envelop, a

Copies of this patent may be .obtained for ticket detachable on the envelop and having its priceindicated thereon, and at least one cash value voucher contained in the envelop and having a cash value indicated thereon which is a predetermined fraction of the price of the ticket.

2. A package, comprising an envelop provided with at least one advertisement thereon, the envelop having a detachable closing flap in the form of aticket, the price of which is indicated thereon, and at least one cash value voucher contained in the said envelop 'and having a cash value indicated thereon which isa predetermined fraction of the price of the said ticket.

3. A package, comprising an envelop pr0- vidc-d With at least one advertisement thereon, the envelop having a. detachable closing flap in-the form of a ticket, the price of which is indicated thereon, and a cash value voucher contained in the said envelop and having a cash value indicated thereon which is a predetermined fraction of the price of the said ticket, the said cash value voucher also having indicated thereon at least one advertisement and a redeeming time limit.

4:. A package, comprising an envelop provided with at least one advertisement thereon, a ticket detachable on the envelop and having its price indicated thereon, and a plurality of cash value vouchers contained in the said envelop, each voucher having a cash value indicated thereon, the aggregate cash *alues of the vouchers being a predetermined fraction of the price of the ticket.

XVALTER HENRY ALBERT.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

